Given the recurring seasonal threat of cyclones for many Pacific Island Countries, and the challenge of delivering reliable renewable electricity across the region, when power is needed most, it is...

Around 600,000 seafarers either stranded at sea or waiting for employment on land, and following a series of casualties in the sector over the last month, crew change measures are being attributed...

The number of ships pulling into ports has increased in the third quarter of 2020, according to new UNCTAD calculations, following a historic year-on-year fall of 27% in the second quarter...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Gyre is not a contiguous mass of debris. Bottles, abandoned fishing gear and beer crates are scattered across the expanse of ocean from...

Japanese-owned bulk carrier MV Wakashio, operated by Nagashiki, struck a coral reef off the coast of Mauritius on July 25th, leaking up to 1,000 tonnes of heavy oil into a pristine...

Nine people (including three children) travelling from Lautoka to Malakati Village in the Yasawas saw their vessel capsize around 11 am. One passenger sent a text message to a relative requesting rescue....

      A Swedish consortium including KTH Centre for Naval Architecture, maritime tech developer SSPA, and Wallenius Marine is deploying the Oceanbird, a sailing vessel capable of carrying 6,000 vehicles....

The decommissioning and scrapping of old vessels is a notoriously dangerous and environmentally disruptive industry. Bangladesh is central to this industry, and cost-effectiveness for the approximately 150 yards breaking down...

Norwegian firms, Kongsberg Maritime and Massterly, are partnering with Norwegian grocery distributor ASKO to provide two electric vessels by 2022, managing their operations thereafter. The fully electric ships are set to replace...

Taranaki-based Hiringa Energy company signed a deal with the US-based hydrogen vehicle company, Hyzon Motors, to deploy heavy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in New Zealand by 2021, planning to...

The aviation industry is under pressure to deploy technological solutions to address the longstanding trend of increases in air travel. Paul Eremenko, a 41-old former chief technology officer for Airbus...

The IMO’s proposed Arctic heavy fuel oil (HFO) ban, scheduled to be finalised in November, has been run through the wringer by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) in a 38-page...